When the Colts took Edgerrin James No. 4 overall in the 1999 NFL Draft, many people thought it was a mistake. The Colts had recently traded Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk, and Ricky Williams, the Heisman Trophy winner that year, seemed like the obvious choice to be the first running back taken in the draft.
Hall of Fame General Manager Bill Polian had other plans.
James, the only player to ever lead the NFL in rushing in his first two seasons, made Polian look like a genius almost immediately and, on Aug.